it's more common than not. Eventually, I am guessing that LCing won't work to take off the fat, just as low-calorie diets cease to work for the metabolically obese, too. Why? The body adapts.

Think of it this way: carrying extra fat is exactly what the body would love to do. That the body has these mechanisms is why the fat or potentially fat are the majority of people on the planet--it's evolution in action, a guarantee of survival for long enough to procreate. For most of human history, we've had a very difficult time getting sufficient food. Fat is storage of excess food to see us through ice ages, droughts, and so on. The loss of fat is a bad thing (from a survival perspective, which is the only perspective the body knows--genes don't know about Glamour magazine), so the body has many mechanisms to protect against the loss of body fat.

Every study that has been done to check health changes upon the loss of body fat shows that losing weight causes WORSE health, not better. This also makes sense--the body does not want to give up the fat and fat loss is bad news, not good. The more times you lose weight, the worse the health implications. Therefore, it's better to find a moderate size you'd be happy with, then change your way of life permanently to get there and stay there. It's actually healthier to forget about dieting and stay fat than to lose weight (unless you're talking about 250 pounds to lose or something like that).
For more information, start by reading Forsberg's Obesity 101 on line.

Most people find that if they switch their focus from fashion to health, they can come up with a more reasonable and sustainable goal. HTH.